This family contains a form of rodent similar to, yet more pronounced than, the jerboa rats, of which I have already treated.
As the Jerboacertainly is found in Palestine, there is some foundation for this idea, and we may safely conjecture that it also is one of the smaller rodents which are grouped together under the appellation of Mouse.
I have already stated that some translators of the Bible use the word Jerboa as a rendering of the Hebrew Akbar.
Now, although the jerboa is common in Syria, it is not nearly so plentiful as other rodent animals, and would scarcely be selected as the means by which a terrible disaster is made to befall a whole country.
That the Jerboa may be one of the Akbarim is rendered likely by the prohibition in Lev.
I haven't seen anybody," he answered; "but I saw a jerboa which had a ring in its ear.
The man ran after it, killed it, hid the ring, made a fire, cooked the jerboa and ate it.
The kanguroo, though it resembles the jerboa in the peculiarity of using only the hinder legs in progression, does not belong to that genus.
Conilurus (also known as Hapalotis) is a genus containing species which are termed Jerboa Rats, on account of their mode of progression.
A little later he was surprised to observe that the animal "went only upon two legs, making vast bounds just as the jerboa does.
The animal suggests a largeJerboa in appearance on account of its jumping habits, the long hind-limbs, and the long tail.
HRG:] Khnum in Elephantine, the jerboa or okapi (?
The ichneumon (Pharaoh's rat) is common and often tame; the coney and jerboaare found in the eastern mountains.
In the Egyptian jerboa the length of the body is 8 in.
In the young jerboa the proportion of the femur to the rest of the leg is the same as in ordinary running animals.
If you wished to watch the birds, or the palm-squirrels, or the jerboa rats, you had to face northwards and skirt the high bank.
Thus this character which would specifically distinguish the jerboafrom the alagtaga, not being universal is of no consequence, and rather remarks the identity, than the diversity of the species.
The jerboa is found in Egypt, Barbary and the East Indies.
The head of the jerboa is sloped somewhat in the manner of a rabbit; but the eyes are larger, and the ears shorter, higher, and broader in proportion to its size.
The quick, irregular darting run of a small animal--a jerboa or a forest rat--produced a little less disturbing effect.
I saw fat Selim jumping like a jerboa as we passed the harbor gate!
They also wander among the sand ridges immediately after a fall of rain, to hunt the jerboa and talperoo, (see Nat.
There being then water, the country, at other times impenetrable, is then temporarily thrown open to them, and they traverse it in quest of the jerboa and other quadrupeds.
Whilst we were here encamped a little jerboa was chased by the dogs into a hole close to the drays; which, with four others, we succeeded in capturing, by digging for them.
The jerboa has very long hind legs, and a habit of jumping, so that it resembles superficially (but not really) a small kangaroo.
A most unusual family of skilled house-builders are the brush-tailed rat-kangaroos, or Jerboa kangaroos of Australia and Tasmania.
Like their great cousins--the kangaroos--Mrs. Jerboa often carries her babies on her back when she goes out to seek food.
The Jerboa Kangaroo is so called on account of the length and slenderness of its hind-legs similar to those of the Jerboa Rats.
The usual resorts of the Jerboa Kangaroo are low grassy hills and dry ridges, thickly intersected with trees and bushes.
If we notice the position of the mouth, far back on the under side of the head, we will understand that the jerboa could not take his food in any other way.
The Living Jerboa in the Zoological Garden of Berlin.
The hind legs are very strong, and when going at full speed the jerboa takes jumps that measure from eight to ten yards, according to the unanimous testimony of various witnesses.
One who knows anything about the structure of animals' bodies need not be told that the jerboa is a rodent.
As the new-comer got on his feet again my hope gained new life, and now our jerboa is my delight.
Then the jerboaraises himself to his full height and playfully measures his cage by one bound from corner to corner.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "jerboa" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
